2019/04/11 by Krzysztof Jaskulowski, Krzysztof Jaskułowski, Marek Pawlak · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy #Migration, Refugees, and Integration
paper · pdf · doi:10.1177/0197918319839947
openalex publication_date 2019/04/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This article examines migrants’ lived experiences with racism in Wrocław, Poland. Drawing on qualitative research conducted among high-skilled migrants, it analyzes various ways migrants encounter, understand, and cope with racism. Our case study broadens discussion about migration and racism by analyzing an Eastern European, post-socialist, predominantly “white” receiving society seldom researched in terms of racism. The article problematizes the assumption that high-skilled migrants experience only minor problems with incorporation. Furthermore, it suggests the importance of racial boundaries in a non-Western society that lacks a colonial background and long-standing relations with migrants. Therefore, our article contributes to a better understanding of how local settings inform the experiences of high-skilled migrants, which are often lost in abstract concepts of global flows and spaces.